2021 Almaty regional election

Elections to the Almaty Regional Mäslihat was held on 10 January 2021 to elect the members of the 7th Almaty Regional Mäslihat. The election coincided with the 2021 Kazakh local elections and for the first time taken place under the newly proportional representational system.

2021 Almaty regional election

10 January 2021

All 45 seats in the Almaty Regional Mäslihat
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.44%
Party Leader % Seats ±
Nur Otan Daniar Ahmoldaev 75.72% 37 New
Auyl Qanat Bekiev 8.87% 4 New
People's Party Saule Bigarova 8.55% 4 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Acting Secretary before Secretary
Serik Muqanov
Nonpartisan
Janbolat Jorgenbaev
Nur Otan

The Nur Otan (NO) won a majority of 37 out of 45 seats in the mäslihat followed by the Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party (AUYL) and People's Party of Kazakhstan (QHP) in which both parties earned 4 seats while 2 other parties failed to pass the electoral threshold to have any presence in the mäslihat.

Background

A new law on local elections was enacted in 2018, which allowed for mäslihat seats to be allocated through party-list proportional representation.

After the announcement of the election date in October 2020 which scheduled all local races to coincide with the legislative elections, the Nur Otan on 16 November 2020 unveiled its list of 90 party members whom were contesting seats for the Almaty Regional Mäslihat despite having only 45 seats, as well as electoral platform for the region which aimed at improving all spheres of human activity, at ensuring an economically sustainable zone, a socially oriented region, open and accountable local bodies, at developing leisure and employment for young people, at preserving the history and culture of the region.[1][2]

Parties

All 5 contesting parties submitted their lists to the Almaty Regional Electoral Commission which included:[3]

Name Ideology No. 1 in party-list No. of candidates Registration date
NO Nur Otan Big tent Daniar Ahmoldaev 90 3 December 2020
AUYL Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party Agrarianism Qanat Bekiev 6 4 December 2020
QHP People's Party of Kazakhstan Socialism Saule Bigarova 6 4 December 2020
ADAL Adal Eco-socialism Damir Barambaev 5 4 December 2020
AJ Ak Zhol Democratic Party Liberalism Meirash Shynasylova 7 8 December 2020

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nur Otan827,84480.5237+37
Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party91,2218.874+4
People's Party of Kazakhstan87,9338.554+4
Ak Zhol Democratic Party16,6311.6200
Adal4,5540.4400
Total1,028,183100.00450
Valid votes1,028,183100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes1,028,183100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,400,03873.44
Source: Almaty Regional Election Commission
Popular vote
Nur Otan
80.52%
Auyl
8.87%
People's Party
8.55%
Ak Zhol
1.62%
Adal
0.44%
Mäslihat seats
Nur Otan
82.22%
Auyl
8.89%
People's Party
8.89%

References

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